Shingling-bracket



(No Model.)

T. T. TEMPLIN. SHINGLING BRACKET.

No. 443,467. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

IN VEJVIZ'OR WI 1 1 V ESSES UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

THOMAS T. TEMPLIN, OF PARIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN 0. MAY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

SHING LING-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,467, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed April 1, 1390. Serial No. 346,219. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, THOMAS '1. TEuPLIN, of Paris, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in Shiugling-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in

which.

Figure 1 is a plan viewof my improved adjustable shinglingbracket or roofing car, showing the same in position for use upon a section of a roof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, and Fig. 3 an end view thereof.

This invention is an improvement in what are known as shingling-brackets or roofing-cars, which are employed to support the 2s workmen and materials while applying the covering to a building or roofing the same; and its object is to provide a laterally-movable bracket running upon wheels, and which will not require guy-ropes or stay-ropes or 2 5 other extraneous supports or fastenings, and which can be easily shifted by and with the workmen and materials thereon; and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letters to the drawings, A desi gnates a portion of a roof of a building having the longitudinal sheathing-boards a, to which the shingles or other covering of the roof is 5 to be attached.

E designates the truck-frame of the bracket, consisting of two longitudinal pieces E E ,lying about parallel with the sheathing-boards and united by cross-pieces e e, as shown.

e F F designate grooved rollers journaled 011 considerably below the same when the car is on the roof. This body is of sufficient width and length to support a workman and allow him free use of his hands, and its lower end is provided with an upstanding foot-rest a. Near the center of the body is a cross-piece or hip-rest O, which has pins in its lower side adapted to engage either of a series of perforations c in the edges of body B, as shown, so as to adjust the bracket or rest to accommodate the work man. To the lower end of body B is attached a stub-shaft d, on which is mounted a conical roller D or other form of roller, the axis of which lies in the longitudinal line of body B and revolves in planes parallel with rollers F, so that the car is supported on rollers F, F, and D, and can be readily shifted laterally, as is obvious.

a designates an upstanding piece or bracket at the top of body B, and B B are T-shaped uprights pivoted by their stems b to the piece a and a, as shown, and can be adjusted at various angles to the body B by means of pins 1), which pass through the stems and may be engaged with either of a series of concentrically-arranged perforations a in pieces a a, as shown. The cross-pieces of these uprights are adapted to sustain an awning or covering above body B to protect the workman. The pieces e e project beyond the top piece E, and are formed wit-l1 handles for lifting the car during transportation thereof.

H H are uprights rising from the lower rail E at the ends of pieces 6 e and united at top by a brace h.

I designates a hook pivotallysecured by its shank i to the piece E and depending below the same and the lower periphery of pulleys F. This hook normally hangs freely between two boards (LCL or just above the board a, constituting the track for rollers F, and its purpose is to catch and bind against the board a, and thereby sustain the car should either or both rollers F be accidentally displaced. 5

In using the car, after the roof has been sheathed as usual the car is placed upon it with its rollers F F resting on the upper edge of a sheathing-board, and its roller Drunning on the lowest one of said boards. One I00 flange of rollers F F rests on the outer face of the board and the other flange bears on the top edge thereof and by reason of their shape and mounting on frame E bite the board and prevent the car slipping downward. The shingles or other materials are placed upon frame E, being kept thereon by uprights ll H, and a convenient quantity for use can be placed upon the bracket or hip-rest C while the workman is completing the lower courses of the roof, after which he can use rest 0 as a support for himself, sothat he can do a larger amount of rooting before moving the car vertically. The ear is moved laterally over the roof as the work progresses, and when a sufficient number of courses are finished it is lifted up and the rollers l dropped upon the corner of a higher board, the cone shape of roller 1) permitting it to ride easily over the edges of the finished courses. W hen used on slate roofs, theroller D should befaced with rubber or other yielding material.

It is evident from the foregoing that the car can be quickly and readily shifted,as becomes necessary, and as it is both light and convenient it requires no special tracks or ways, nor any stay-ropes or fastenings. In repairing old roofs, however, and where there is no space between the sheathing for the edges of rollers l to bite, by simply attaching a longitudinal strip of sufficient size to the roof for the rollers 1 F to bite upon the car i can be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a rooting-bracket car, the combination of a body having a roller at its lower end with a truck-frame secured to the upper end of the body and having a pair of grooved rollers attached toit and adapted to engage a sheathing board 1r rail, whereby the ear is sustained on the roof and permitted free lat 4o eral movement, substantially as specified.

The combination of the truckframe having grooved supporting-rollers at its lower edge, and a safety-hook, substantially as described, with the body attached to the car and depending or extending below the same, having transverse rests for the workman, and a roller attached to and supporting the lower end of the body, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a roofing-ear, of the body 13, having a roller at its lower end, and a hip-rest U, adjnstably attached to said body, with the frame E, secured to the upper end of body 1 and havinggrooved rollers, constructed and arranged substantiallyas set forth.

4;. The combination of the body 13, having a roller attached to and supporting its lower edge, the rests on said body, and the awningsupports adjustably connected to the ends thereof, with the truck-frame attached to the upper end of the body, and the grooved rollers F F of said frame, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The herein-described rooting bracket or car, consisting of a body B, having rest a, piece a, and roller I) attached to its lower end, the frame E, provided with the vertical rollers F F and automatic safety-hook I, and the uprights II II on frame E, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\Yitnesses:

CLIFTON ARNSIIAHU ma, .ll'ai-rntox liaowx. 

